He[Ted Danson] was clearly not a football player, and not only physically. He didn't bring that attitude, that mentality. At the time, there was a [Red Sox] relief pitcher named Bill Lee, the "Spaceman." He was kind of nuts, as we found out a lot of relievers are.

Everyone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun.

I like men to be men and I like them to care about me and to take care of me. I'm willing to let them do that.

It's harder to write two people happy and in love than two people fighting and driving each other crazy.

I dont believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian.

In television, and especially in a situation comedy, you kind of play yourself, or at least the essence of yourself.

I can't say I based [Carla] on anybody I knew. She was so foulmouthed and mean, just said what was on her mind. So I guess Carla is somebody I always wished I could be at the right moment, the one who always has the perfect comeback.